{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/645661fd1096880011246bd4/6584b3f250777b00169a779a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 11: A Jolly Close to 2023","description":"<p>Happy Holidays Friends! What a year! We hope you’re already horizontal on your couch shoveling holiday treats and binging your favorite seasonal content. In our final episode of the year, we reflect on 2023 and present our very best, unhinged predictions for 2024 (ie. Will Taylor Swift release a video game? Will the “bump” come back into hairstyle trends? *cue internal screams*).&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>We have a sweeping talk about Ozempic and the obesity crisis more broadly, following Oprah’s announcement that she uses weight loss drugs, and chat on the role of purpose in feeling happier, according to science. Plus! We present a potpourri of topics: An Aussie woman stealing a truckload of donuts, George Santos’s bizarre and questionable transition to Cameo, finding your perfect brow shape, and a prankster of a seal, aptly named Neil.</p><p><br></p><p>Bits:</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/animals/neil-the-seal-goes-viral-on-tiktok-after-disturbing-residents-in-tasmanian-town-of-dunalley-c-12902435\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Neil the seal goes viral on TikTok after disturbing residents in Tasmanian town of Dunalley</a> by Taylor Renouf for Perth Now</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/find/neil-the-seal-official\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Neil the Seal, TikTok</a></p><p><br></p><p>Pop Culture:</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67712369\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Australian woman charged with stealing van carrying 10,000 doughnuts</a> by Kelly Ng for BBC News, Singapore</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/12/heres-everything-george-santos-has-done-after-congress.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A Guide to George Santos’s Pivot From Politics to Celebrity</a> by Matt Stieb for Intelligencer</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://about.google/intl/ALL_us/stories/year-in-search/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Google Year in Search, 2023</a></p><p><br></p><p>News:</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-19/ozempic-obesity-diabetes-health-challenges-impact-global-economy/103244056\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How Ozempic could affect the health of the global economy in more ways than one</a> by Ian Verrender for ABC AU</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://time.com/6332910/ozempic-americas-obesity-crisis/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ozempic Can’t Fix America’s Obesity Crisis</a> by Fatima Cody Stanford and Simar Bajaj for Time</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-beyonce-gen-z-millennials-live-events-status-symbol-2023-12\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Gen Z and millennials powered a massive live-events comeback that will carry into more concerts and travel next year</a> by Juliana Kaplan and Noah Sheidlower for Business Insider</p><p><br></p><p>Content:&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/discover/Eyebrow-Filter?lang=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Perfect Brows Filter</a>, TikTok</p><p><br></p><p>Ozark, Series on Netflix</p><p><br></p><p>American Symphony, Documentary on Netflix</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.drlauriesantos.com/happiness-lab-podcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Happiness Lab</a>, Podcast by Dr. Laurie Santos for Pushkin Industries</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/arthur-c-brooks/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Stories by Arthur C. Brooks</a>, The Atlantic</p>","author_name":"Kelly O'Shea and Steph Swann"}